:: Route description Starting point of the tour is in Sirmione, one of the best-known places on Lake Garda. Sirmione can not only be reached by car but also by ferry. Arriving there from the wa-ter is an impressive experience, even though one has to push ones bike through the old town. If you get there by car, you start the route from the car parks in Colombare or Lugana, which form part of Sirmione.On minor roads the cycling tour leads from Sirmione towards the Torre di San Martino. Already from a distance you can make out the tower, which was constructed as a memorial of the battle of Solferino. The victory over the Austrians in 1859 laid the foundation to a unified Italian state – the horrendous events of the battle were moreover the initial spark for the foundation of the International Red Cross. For us the tower is an excellent landmark and a first resting place in the shade. From the tower the route takes us to the quiet village of Pozzolengo with its rather southern atmos-phere and then back through countryside which is characte-rized by vineyards and surprisingly unspoilt. When we get to Punta Gro we get back to the cycle path along the lakeshore, which takes us to Sirmione again. On this last stretch of the tour there are some good possibilities for taking a dip into the lake.

GPS-Track tour1A-SDV.gpxRoad 72 %Country land 2 %Cycle path 26 %Path 0 %Altitude uphill and downhillabout 250 altitude metersLength about 32 kmHighest point 136 m

Picnic areaYou will find the perfect picnic area in a small park with a lot of shade right next to the memorial of the Torre di San Martino.

ParticularitiesThe route is suited to mountain bikes and trekking bikes and can be used throug-hout the whole year.

:: A round-tour for pleasure-lovers through the vineyards of Lugana. Starting point and finish is Sirmione, which can be reached by ferry. This route of 32 km does not present any particular difficulties.

Start in Sirmione at the ferry port 17,6 roundabout – half-left in the dir. of Verona and „Strada dei Vini“

0,3 from the town gate on the access road to Colombare

18,4 take a left turn– direction of Loc. Pigno, short climb

2,6 turn right at car park (Via Bag-nera), after yachting right (Via Como)

18,9 gravel path – straight on, turns into a minor road

3,6 cycle path along the shore– Be-ware! after 400 m turn left (Via Grandi)

20,8 Massoni – left on the minor road

4,2 right into Via Corti Romane, later change onto the cycle path, at Hotel Garda Village dir. of Desenzano

22,0 turn right – follow the “cycle route Sirmione“

6,2 Rivoltella – at the roundabout turn left until the next roundabout

23,1 turn left – continue on the “cycle route Sirmione“

6,6 Via Tese – turn right into a mi-nor road, this turns into a gravel path

24,1 bridge – in the roundabout follow the “cycle route Sirmione“

7,8 Loc. Moi – left until Via Pigna, continue left, cycle path „Pozzolengo“

25,7 Hotel Dogana – left (Via Ver-di), then Via Donizetti to Punta Gro

8,3 railway line – underpass, then right cycle route Pozzolengo

26,3 Punta Gro – cycle path with pebbles along the lakeshore (dip!)

12,1 Torre di S. Martino: Picnic! Con-tinue on the blue route to Pozzolengo

27,5 cycle path alongside road, at roundabout right, cycle path at lake

15,1 crossroads – turn right „Pozzo-lengo“, at the ruin incline of cycle path

29,3 Colombare – end of cycle path, short climb, right dir. Sirmione

16,4 Pozzolengo – at the rounda-bout (fountain) turn right (centre)

31,6 arrival in Sirmione

16,7 Pozzolengo – church and return, after the roundabout half-right

TOUR 1A :: 32 km | 2,5 hours Sirmione - Lugana

TOUR 1A :: 32 km | 2,5 hours Sirmione - Lugana

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